Students demand answers from FBI

Thursday, September 28, 2006 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 7:37 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
BY Xianglin Liu

The Muslim Students Organization and Students for Progressive Action, waving signs that read “Charity is not Terrorism” and “FBI: We want answers,” vented dissatisfaction Wednesday at Speaker’s Circle over the Sept. 18 FBI search of the home of Shakir Hamoodi, a Columbia Islamic leader and charity activist.

“This is not just a Muslim issue, this is an American issue,” said Faeza Khan of the Muslim Students Organization. “We are not here to condemn the FBI. We are here to raise awareness of what has happened and what effect that can have on all MU students.”

The FBI searched Hamoodi’s home on the same day it searched the offices of Life for Relief and Development, a Muslim charity in Detroit with which Hamoodi is affiliated.

Arreya Bond of Students for Progressive Action said she will send a letter that bears approximately 200 signatures and demands an explanation for the search by the FBI. The letter was

drafted by Steve Jacobs, a member of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks.

— Xianglin Liu

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